Understanding Hate to Prevent it: Lessons from Extremism and Law Enforcement
Join us for a powerful and timely panel discussion that confronts the roots of hate and explores real pathways to prevention, accountability, and compassion. Through conversation and reflection, the panel will examine how extremist ideologies take hold and how it is recruited, and how communities and law enforcement can respond to end the cycle of hate.
Featuring perspectives from law enforcement, community security, and lived experience, this program brings together:
Rob Elston, Security Director, Youngstown Area Jewish Federation
Sergeant Will Harris, Mahoning County Sheriff’s Department
Tony McAleer, former white supremacist turned advocate for radical compassion and author of The Cure for Hate
Peter Hutchison, director of the documentary The Cure for Hate, chronicling Tony’s transformation, including his journey to Auschwitz
🗓️March 16
⏰6:30 p.m.
📍Location: TBD
🍽️Dinner is included!
⭐Register by March 13 to Nancy at nsentelik@jewishyoungstown.org